The sponsors of this picture made an apology for it in the
introductory caption and so disarmed the spectator to some extent
from being unduly critical. The result is one must accept it
for what it is - a mere vehicle for the exploitation of the handcuff
king, Houdini. The apology was kept up throughout the length
of the feature, which proves how those in charge erred in putting
over something on the public. Really, "Terror Island"
goes back to the nickelodeon days, there being an absence of rhythm
and reason in theme, treatment and interpretation. A sophisticated
audience will surely kid the life out if it, just as they did
at the Rialto. The picture is nothing more or less than a wild
serial compressed into five reels and the incidents contained
in it might have been conceived in a nightmare.

Highly impossible as the ancient kokum is, it is going to take
a lot of explanation as more apology than what is offer dot make
even a child believe the stunts that take place underwater. Houdini
might get away with it on a bet, but not Lila Lee.